546 Major C. G. Xurse on new 



Wings subhjaline, nervures black; tegulae dark greenish 

 black, shining. 



Long. 12 millim. 



Ilah. Kashmir^ near Gulmarg, between 8000 and 9000 

 feet ; a single example. 



Osmia Jcashmi'rensisj sp. n. 



J . Head, tlioras, and abdomen finely and closely punc- 

 tured, the punctures on the abdomen being sliallowest. 

 Metallic green j antennas black or blackish; apical joints of 

 tarsi more or less rufous ; pubescence light reddish grey, 

 longest on the front and thorax, where it more or less hides 

 the sculpturing; tibial calcaria black or blackish. Wings 

 hyaline, nervures and tegulse black. 



Long. 6-7 millim. 



Bab. Kashmir ; a few specimens obtained between 6000 

 and 9000 feet. 



I obtained this species on one occasion coming out of what 

 was apparently its nest in a hole in the stump o£ a tree. In 

 general appearance it is not unlike 0. gulmargensis, but I do 

 not think that it can be the male of that species, as it is only 

 about half its size. The colour of the pubescence is also quite 

 different, and the tibial calcaria in the present species are 

 black or nearly so, whereas those of 0. gulmargensis are 

 rufoas. 



Megachih nadia, sp. n. 



$ . Closely resembles the same sex of M. coelioxy sides 

 (Bingh.), but may be distinguished by the lateral hairs of 

 abdominal segments when viewed from above being black, 

 and not white. In some specimens the white pubescence has 

 a somewhat flavous tinge. 



^ . Differs from the same sex of M. ccelioxysides in having 

 the pubescence pale fulvous, becoming almost golden on the 

 clypeus and front. 



Long, 7-9 millim. 



Hah. Murree-Kashmir road, oetween 4000 and 5000 feet. 



I bred about a dozen specimens from nests made in an old 

 nest of Eumenes dimidiatijpennisy which I obtained on my 

 ■way from Kashmir. 



Megachile appia^ sp. n. 



(J . Head, thorax, and abdomen closely and finely, but 

 somewhat shallowly punctured ; abdominal segments much 



